![]() The exhibition will present the projects of its five Shanghai Project Root Researchers including Sophia Al-Maria (artist) and team members: Vera Mey (independent curator) and Alvin Tran (choreographer) Bruno Latour (anthropologist) and team members: Martin Guinard-Terrin (artist), Jamie Allen (designer), òbelo (graphic design studio consisting of designer Claude Marzotto & visual artist Maia Sambonet), and Donato Ricci (design lead) Otobong Nkanga (visual artist) and team members: Adib Dada (architect), Helena Ramos (producer), Sun Haiyan ( Business Ecology co-founder), and Peter Webb (ecopsychologist) Qiu Anxiong (artist) and team members: Li Qian (documentarian) and Yang Lei (animator) and Zhang Haimeng (McKinsey Shanghai principal and managing partner) and team members: Chang Hsiao-Ching (copywriter), Feng Kai (game developer), Lu Yunbo (associate professor and director of the Organization Simulation Center at Tongji University), and Yin Zhongrui (entreprenuer).Įxploring the causes and effects of ecological transformation, Shanghai Project researchers and collaborators address sustainability through the lens of interdisciplinarity. Sharing the documentary’s call for action regarding the climate situation, the Shanghai Project seeks to explore sustainability in order to better understand possible solutions for urgent environmental problems. Located in Norway and a vital defense against rapid loss of crop diversity, the Svalbard Seed Vault consists of a seed collection on a scale larger than any other. The show takes its title from the documentary of the same name, which follows visionary Cary Fowler as he champions the creation of the world’s first global seed vault. experts say we now get about 40 percent of our calories from three main crops - maize, wheat, and rice - making food supplies vulnerable if climate change causes harvests to fail.Curated by Yongwoo Lee and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Shanghai Project Chapter 2 exhibition Seeds of Tim ewill launch on April 22, 2017. The world used to cultivate over 6,000 different plants but U.N. “In a world where the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, natural catastrophes, and conflicts increasingly destabilize our food systems, it has never been more important to prioritize safeguarding these tiny seeds.” This Seed Vault represents hope, unity, and security,” said Stefan Schmitz, executive director of the Crop Trust, an international non-profit that operates Svalbard along with the Norwegian authorities. “From here in Svalbard, the world looks different. The virtual tour launch, as well as the seed deposits from some 20 gene banks, were timed to mark Svalbard's 15-year anniversary. The chambers, which are only opened three times a year to limit the seeds’ exposure to the outside world, boast temperatures of around -18 degrees Celsius. Svalbard, which also serves as a backup for plant breeders to develop new crop varieties more resistant to climate change, opened its doors to the public at large for the first time on Tuesday by launching a free virtual tour of its subterranean seed chambers. ![]() “The whole of humanity relies on the genetic diversity of crops maintained in the world’s gene banks, and the Seed Vault is the last line of defense against the loss of that diversity,” said Sandra Borch, Minister of Agriculture and Food for Norway. ![]() It has seed samples from nearly every country in the world and played an essential role between 20 in rebuilding seed collections damaged during the war in Syria. To mark its 15th anniversary, the Svalbard is opening its doors to the world - virtually!Įxplore the diversity held in its seed chambers, including boxes of seed samples from all over the planet! □ĭiscover the Virtual Tour ➡️ /lRuKaVfOwU- The Crop Trust February 26, 2023 ![]() The vault, set in permafrost caves on an arctic mountainside halfway between mainland Europe and the North Pole, was launched in 2008 as a backup for the world's national and regional gene banks that store the genetic code for thousands of plant species. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built to protect the world’s food stock from disasters ranging from nuclear war to global warming, will add 19,500 rare seed variety samples from across the world to its collection on Tuesday, taking its total stash to more than 1.2 million. A ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts to secure the world's food supplies ramp up amid rising climate concerns.
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